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Kaska
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Appendix:Variations of "kaska"
English
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Etymology 1
From en kkz -.
Proper noun
en Kaska Dena an Athabaskan people.
en Kaskas
en w:Kaska language an Athabaskan language.
en Danezāgé'
en Paula Laita Pallarés Indigenous Language Revitalization in British Columbia: Yuneŝit’in strategies for Nenqayni ch’ih or the Tŝilhqot’in language 2021 University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU 82 https://addi.ehu.es/bitstream/handle/10810/53719/TESIS_LAITA_PALLARES_PAULA.pdf?sequence=1 The Na-Dené language family is formed by sixteen distinct languages covering northern British Columbia (cf. 2.2; Figure 2.2)10, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with languages like Dakelh (Carrier), Dane-Za (Beaver), Danezāgé’ (Kaska) , Dene K’e (Slavey), Tāłtān, Tse’khene, Tŝilhqot’in, Southern Tutchone, Witsuwit’en/Nedut’en; the southwest United States with Diné bizaad (Navajo) and Apache, as well as the Pacific Coast in northern California and Oregon [...]. https://web.archive.org/web/20251112112405/https://addi.ehu.es/bitstream/handle/10810/53719/TESIS_LAITA_PALLARES_PAULA.pdf?sequence=1 12 November 2025
en w:Kaska Nation a tribal nation in Canada.
Etymology 2
en hit -, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the name of en Circassia.
Proper noun
en Kaskian ancient Anatolian people.
en Kaskian ancient Anatolian language.
Etymology 3
As a en pl -, en cs - and en sk - surname, from cs Kaska or cs Kaška, pet form of the personal name cs Kazimír. Compare en Kazimir.
Also as a Czech and Slovak surname, diminutive of sk kaša porridge, compare en Kasa.
Also as a Slovak surname, en Kaška, a nickname from sk kaška primula veris.
As a en de - surname, variant of en Kaske, itself Germanized from en sla - forms of en Lukas, as well as the noun pl kaczka duck.
Proper noun
s
en Czech.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Kaska is the 41038th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Kaska is most common among White (88.7%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aakks kakas
en Native American tribes